The test score has entered the third day. Except for some candidates who have no hope for the top ranking, traveling around, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, most of the candidates are waiting in pain.

Although the review of the papers is still continuing and there are still three days before the publication of the list, all kinds of true or false rumors spread rapidly in Anyang City like the wind.

Xiangzhou Jieshifengqian List is undoubtedly the distinguisher of these gossips. The list is constantly changing, and there are still two days left to be released. The list has basically not changed. Zhao Yushu is the top of the list. It is said that Guo Baisong strongly recommends him as Jie Yuan.

Yang Du ranked second and Wu Bangchang third. These three people are from Anyang, elites of the Imperial Academy, and are recognized as the top three. Yuan Ming, who was originally ranked ninth, admitted that he did not answer the second question of the criminal law and had fallen out of the list. Li Yanqing, who ranked tenth in Tangyin County, became the only candidate among local students to enter the top ten.

There were five local students on the list on the list, but after several rounds of adjustments, there were only two local students on the list. Li Yanqing, the top of the Tangyin County test, and Zhou Chun, the top of the Linzhang County test, among which Zhou Chun ranked 19th, and the other three local students who were originally on the list were eliminated from the list because the criminal law was not completed.

There are twenty people on the list of storms, of which 18 are all students of Taishu and students of the four major academies. They have an absolute advantage, which is also a grand occasion that has never been seen before in the trial. It is also because of the reform of the Taishu School that many Taishu and students of the four major academies have returned to their hometowns to participate in the imperial examination.

There is another accident. Zheng Rongtai, a student who has never been on the list, actually ranked fifteenth. All students remained silent about Zheng Rongtai's list. Everyone knew it clearly, but no one wanted to say it out loud.

With the release of the rankings in two days, Guanpu Store has reached its final bet time. The three candidates on the list can bet all in or bet alone, which induces Anyang people to go to Guanpu Store to bet and bet.

Even Li Daqi couldn't help it, so he went to Guanpu Store to bet 100 taels of silver, betting his son into the top three. If he scored, he could win 800 taels of silver. After all, Li Yanqing was only ranked tenth in the list, and it was not his turn to enter the list.

In the morning, another tenant who made him a big head moved into Li Yanqing's narrow inn room. The fat man Zheng Rongtai. Zheng Rongtai snot and tears told Li Yanqing about his misfortune. "I had a quarrel with my father. My father told me to get out. I was angry and packed my luggage. But after I came out, I found that I had no penny on me, so I had to come and join you. You won't drive me out!"

Li Yanqing was helpless, but fortunately he still had an empty house, which was the room where Zhang Xian and Qin Liang lived. He originally lived for his father, but his father happened to visit his friends in Linzhang County today. He would not be able to come back on the day the list was issued.

Li Yanqing arranged for Fatty Zheng to stay and asked his friend to buy ten cages of small buns and three bowls of Hu La Soup. Fatty Zheng didn't eat breakfast, and he was really hungry. He swept all the small buns of small buns and drank the three bowls of Hu La Soup. Then he patted his stomach and burped with satisfaction.

"It's better to have friends! Otherwise, there would be no place to join me, and I'll just go back and admit my mistakes in the end, so I won't do it!"

"I think you did well in the exam! You are ranked 18th in the Fengyun List, why is your father still not satisfied?" Li Yanqing asked in confusion.

Zheng Rongtai curled his lips and said, "It's a snake to swallow an elephant if he can get into the juren! I'm satisfied if he can get into the juren, but my father still wants to force me to get into the Jieyuan exam. Do I don't know what level I am? We have self-knowledge, but we don't want people to stab the backbone."

Li Yanqing was a little speechless. Fatty Zheng was in the room next to him. He witnessed Fatty Zheng's cheating process throughout the whole process. It turned out that his father not only wanted his son to be on the list, but also wanted to be at the top of the list. This... This is too much. For Fatty Zheng, Li Yanqing did not want to give his father a more ugly evaluation.

"What danger do you think will be for me to win Jieyuan?" Zheng Rongtai asked carefully.

"Of course the danger is very high. Jie Yuan's test paper is sent to the Ministry of Rites. If you find something strange when the Ministry of Rites reviews the paper, you will take it again separately. In addition, when I passed the county exam, the Censor who inspected the Hebei imperial examination specially selected me to investigate. In short, Jie Yuan's test looks glorious, but it will also be noticed. Many unexpected things will happen. Lao Zheng, I advise you to go back and tell my father. Many times, low-key is the king!"

Zheng Rongtai's face changed again and again, and every word from Li Yanqing was stabbed in his heart. He was ignorant and could not even memorize many poems of the minimum Tang Dynasty. Everyone in the Taixue School knew his bottom line. Once he passed the Jieyuan exam, who would not know that he was cheating? No one would let him go. Can my father afford it at that time?

Zheng Rongtai was anxious and angry, and knew that he could not persuade his father, so he finally lay on the table and started crying.

Li Yanqing couldn't help but shake his head. This fat man Zheng was innocent and scared him like this after his words. He smiled and comforted him: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much. Although your father wants you to be Jie Yuan, he may not be able to do what he wants?"

"Why?" Zheng Rongtai asked, wiped his tears.

"Xie Yuan is not that good. This year's examiner is Ouyang Xun, a sent person in Beijing. This person is known for his selflessness. Your father can only bribe the deputy chief examiner, but the examiner cannot pass that level. Lao Zheng, let me tell you the truth. Don't be angry. Even if your test is answered well, it is really unlikely that you want to get Jie Yuan."

Zheng Rongtai's fat face turned red. His writing was indeed bad, and even the students in the elementary school were not as good as those in the school. Although Li Yanqing said it a little ugly, Zheng Rongtai felt warm in his heart. Li Yanqing's words finally reassured him.

He touched his stomach, "I was in a bad mood just now and couldn't eat anything. Can you buy some more food for me?"

Li Yanqing rolled his eyes and ate ten baskets of buns and three big bowls of spicy soup in one breath. He was still in a bad mood and couldn't eat.

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On the fourth day of the imperial examination, the imperial examination was not related to the assistant examiner. In the end, only sixty papers were left, which were half screened by two deputy examiners and handed over to the chief examiner.

The imperial examination involves the vital interests of too many people, especially the Examination. Although it is fair competition on the surface, it is actually difficult to achieve this. How could the traditional prominent families and emerging wealthy classes in each state be willing to compete fairly with poor disciples? The Examination is high and the emperor is far away. It is originally the territory of local gentry and local tyrants.

Although the reform was implemented this year and the court took away the right to set questions and examinee, which was slightly better than before, it still could not stop the powerful offensive of local gentry and tyrants. This was destined to be a human-made examination. Before the imperial examination began, the various transactions and games behind it were carried out secretly.

Although Xiangzhou strictly implemented the court locking system and the name-blocking system stipulated by the court, the inevitable loopholes in the system still gave many opportunities to the gentry and local tyrants. The number of referenced children in their families flowed into the paper review court through various methods.

However, there must be a prerequisite for any transaction, that is, the candidates themselves cannot do too badly. This is the bottom line of favors for the imperial examination. The papers of the scholars who were listed on the list must be sent to the Ministry of Rites for filing. Once they are found to have serious fraud in the marking, no examiner can afford the consequences.

So no matter how the candidate cheats in the exam, the quality of the test papers handed in front of the deputy examiner must be good and there are no obvious flaws, otherwise the deputy examiner will not be able to help you.

Like the primary election, the re-examination requires two deputy examiners to cross-examination, write comments and stamp confirmation. Both must pass before they can be handed over to the examiner. Of course, if the two have differences in the exam, they will be submitted to the examiner for a decision.

Han Hongjun is a regular school teacher and a prefecture school teacher. Guo Baisong is the chief professor of prefecture school. The two have worked together for many years and have had a tacit understanding with each other. Han Hongjun knows that Guo Baisong is humane, so the special test paper that Guo Baisong handed him is a special test paper. As long as he performs well, he will not make things difficult for the other party and will usually pass the stamp.

It’s not that the two have no conflicts, but the conflict between them is not in the present, but at the end of the ranking.

"Mr. Guo looked at this test paper!"

Han Hongjun smiled and handed Li Yanqing's paper to Guo Baisong. Guo Baisong smiled and said, "The calligraphy is good, the surface is beautiful, which is pleasing to the eye. Since my brother has passed it, I don't have to read it anymore!"

Seeing that Zheng Rongtai's test paper had been successfully approved by Han Junhong, Guo Baisong did not want to make things difficult for Han Hongjun's test paper.

"Mr. Guo will take a look! This volume is a little controversial."

Guo Baisong was stunned. He turned to the countermeasure question again. If there was any controversy, it would definitely be the countermeasure question. He saw that Wanqien's score was inferior, while Wang Ji's comments were grand in calligraphy, rigorous in structure and broad in vision. It was a rare masterpiece, and gave it to the best, with a big gap.

This was the first time he saw two examiners with different opinions. Guo Baisong hurriedly read the content and frowned slightly, "I agree with Wang Ji's comments, but I don't know much about this section of the Jurchens. If it is a fact, it is indeed a masterpiece. But if the candidates make it up at will, it is pieced together to write a triangle game. Why not do this? I will write some reservations and then we will hand it over to Ouyang to take the lead exam. What do you think?"

Han Hongjun smiled and nodded, "That's what I mean!"
Chapter completed!